The Heart of Haiti: A Pure Soul from Tortured Soil

How do you speak about something that touches the soul so deeply, that enters one’s heart so completely? What are the words that can express the pain and the joy of working in a medical clinic in Haiti? A land branded by slavery, revolution,oppression, tyranny, earthquakes and blood and yet a land of some of the mostbeautiful people in the world.

Some of the strongest and best and brightest souls in the world live and work here, humbly giving all they have, every day, to help their people grow. Who among us could live this life and still work to give back? From extraordinary pain grows such extraordinary beauty. For this editorial I will draw from my own experience, but this editorial is meant to discuss and introduce the absolute joys and yet also terror and fears of working in a medical mission in a troubled country.  Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Can the Intensive Blood Pressure Control in Diabetes Reduce Left Ventricular Hypertrophy ?

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common complication of hypertension and has been associated with higher risk for targetorgan damage. 

Insulin resistance and type2 diabetes mellitus (DM), myocardial infarction(MI), cardiomyopathy, coronaryartery disease( CAD) is reported to be associated LVH. LVH is a maladaptive response to chronic pressure overload and an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, diastolic and systolic heart failure, and sudden death in patients with hypertension. Echocardiographic assessment of LVH has a high specificity and sensitivity (≥ 80%). The presence of LV hypertrophy is often considered when LV mass >116 g/m2 for men (M) and >104 g/m2 for women (W), or >125 g/m2 for M and W. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>